| 语用距离 句法项 | 延长语用距离 | 缩短语用距离 |
| 省略句 | He has gone, but no one knows where (he has gone). | I consider him (to be) lazy. |
| 祈使句 | Parents with children go the front! | Let us be here by 10 o’clock. |
| 直接引语 | “Open the window,” the teacher said to the boy. | He asked me, “How can I get here?” |
| 间接引语 | The teacher told the boy to open the window. | He asked me how he could get there. |